I'm kinda pissed.. Im leaving tomorrow for a weeks vacay in Hawaii... and this douche might spoil all the fun. If it hits and I get good footage I'll post it here.
Hmmm, I think the Big Island will get the worst, which is where I'll be. It will be weakening a little and may really wind down wind speed wise before it gets there. The rain on the other hand...
we hardly ever get hit, with that said hilo side, puna took some damage from trees and folks there were without power for over 2weeks last one,(less than 150 customers for those 2 weeks, most restored power within 3 days,tall week trees in the puna district) the mountain will divert/break up most systems and wind shear usually pushes systems north or south. kona side hasn't seen damageing storms in my memory. storm surge can make waters rough and dangerous to the inexperienced.
the hurricanes move relatively fast and the rains should last way less than 24 hours usually a 6 hour period max. it is a mountain the big island of porous volcanic lava , flooding would also likely be very short lived with a few exceptions for areas prone to flooding. rains some most days hamakua,hilo and puna anyway
memories of hurricane iniki. devastated Kauai then some resorts were never rebuilt. gets flooded on most depressions and seems to be a magnet for rain. wettest place in US I think?
Theyre right in the middle for tropical waves. Some of them pack as much rain as a tropical storm, but aren't organized enough to be declared one.
i live on the big island, Kauai is the western most of the main Hawaii islands and the eastern pacific storms that bend north of the big island are the ones that for some reason gather strength and moisture to pound Kauai. seems counter intuitive as the waters north of the chain are much much cooler. much of the rain cmes from the fronts dropping down from the aluetian chain that's where the 5-O sets come from that cause the huge north shore breaks, most of the regular weather pattern comes from our NW
Those fronts are often what turns hurricanes to the north and out to sea (Its what turned Iniki due north toward Kauai in 92) I don't think there's one coming through though. How far the storm misses the island to the north depends on how much the ridge north of the storm weakens. Thats good news for the whole island chain, since there's a bunch of dry air to the north and west of the storm.
yeah that's the same with the patterns up in the Pacific Northwest. Those troughs rumble through the Pacific to the western US coast. In the summer they seem to sweep south from Canada through the plains.
Honolulu(central pacific hurricane center) just took over responsibility for monitoring the system . currently about 845 miles ESE hilo tracking WNW at 13mph in their current advisory 5am my time
Convection gotten sheared to the northwest the past hour which is a good sign. The center is almost completely exposed. It might weaken faster than predicted, and it'll be interesting to see what the hurricane hunters measure in terms of wind speed and track projection
Not a drop of rain from it. Howner I got a really bad sunburn. Anyone got any remedies other than aloe vera?
I know it was just the GOP debates last night, but can we keep their political rhetoric and economic theory out of the non political threads.
